Beach Day

We have two random furlough days this week, and even though I'm desperately busy getting ready for parent-teacher conferences, it would be wrong to not take at least a little break to enjoy the gorgeous weather.  We headed to the beach for a picnic lunch, a little frisbee, and a lot of staring out at the ocean.  Um, and taking pictures.  I can't help myself when I'm at the beach.

The picture below really cracks me up, because it's so very telling.  You see, I was trying to get a self-timer of the four of us.  But, as the shutter was clicking away, I wanted to adjust the position of the camera.  So, there I am, in my role as family photographer, running up to the camera, while Clara, in her role as perfect poser, is ready for the next shot, and Chad tries to call Trevor (out of range and probably out of earshot) to join us.  Classic.  I probably have a few dozen similar pics from various outings.... :)

A quick stop at Pastorino's on the way home fulfilled our Pumpkin Patch duty for the year.  :)

On the threshold

New in the "weird games" category:
Typing GPS-like instructions for Kevin into Clara's phone, and then laughing hysterically while listening to the phone's automated voice read them....

Take me out

As a belated birthday celebration for Chad, we went to a Giants game today.  We took the ferry over, which is such a fantastic way to get there.

When I bought these tickets, I was oh, so close to choosing the absolute perfect day to go to the game, because the Giants clinched the NL West just yesterday!!!  Man, that would have been a great game.  Instead, we were there on a day when all of the main guys were given the day off.  Blah.  We also kind of didn't account for it being so blazing hot in San Francisco.  Not a wisp of fog or a breath of wind.  This photo was taken before Trevor's head began to boil (forcing him to abandon his Panda gear), and before we decided to bail from our seats and stroll around the stadium for shade.

Play-off tickets aren't exactly in our price range, so this is all we'll see of the ballpark until next season....